Egghead.com scrambled on Friday to gauge how
much of its 3.7-million-customer database had
been stolen by intruders during an online theft,
which experts believed happened the day before. "Egghead.com has discovered that a hacker has
accessed our computer systems, potentially including
our customer databases," said the online electronics
and computer retailer in a statement early Friday.

"As a precautionary measure, we have taken immediate
steps to protect our customers by contacting the
credit-card companies we work with." The FBI and security
experts have also been notified. Full story. -- Robert Lemos and Ben Charny, ZDNet News